Well it seems to vary from unit to unit. I say kill-ahm-it-tur, but kill-oh-(sometimes keel-oh-)byte
And standardizing across dialects? You may as well hope to introduce Esperanto as the official language. Johnathan McClure --Reminding you that this is Metric Month-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:18 PM Subject: [USMA:22413] Pronunciation > About Bush's use of kilometers in his speech to the UN, Carleton wrote: > >I wonder how he pronounced it. > > He pronounced it the way that the USMA website says to: KILL-oh-meet-ur. He > mispronounced "nuclear" though. > > About the pronunciation of "kilometer", I've been trying to say it the way > the website says, but it sounds a little weird to most people (including me, > sometimes). I think most people in the U.S. would probably say it the other > way (because that's how they have heard it). A Canadian I know also says > that most people say kill-AHM-it-ur in Canada. A Namibian, though, says > they say it KILL-oh-meet-ur. > > Is it going to get standardized? What do people say in other countries? I > bet that when the UK finally changes their road signs, they will use it a > lot more and that will help standardize a pronunciation (since they have as > many people as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia put together). In my > view, I am just happy to hear people use it, so I don't make a big deal > about it (and I do hear it occasionally). > > Carl >
